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Bauen mit Baum und Zeit – Baubotanik als Zukunftsmodell

An increasing number of newly constructed buildings are at least partially greened. The approach of Baubotanik goes further: it combines architecture, engineering, and plant growth to create a new form of green architecture. Rather than greening buildings retrospectively, it integrates trees from the outset as structural and design elements, using their spatial, aesthetic, ecological, and constructive potential in architecture, urban development, and open-space planning in entirely new ways.

This lecture introduces the concept of Baubotanik and, using completed projects as examples, demonstrates how trees and technical structures grow together and develop over years. The result is living architecture that improves the local climate, promotes biodiversity, and creates new aesthetic qualities. The talk addresses both the design possibilities and the technical, legal, and temporal challenges of this approach. It invites participants to think about urban development in the long term and to understand growth as an integral part of building.

Participation is free of charge. The lecture will be held in German. Online participation is also possible via Zoom:

Participation link:

Meeting ID: 619 5136 5165

Access code: 008950

Adress: Robert-Mayer-Straße 2, 60325 Frankfurt am Main, green lecture hall

Architect Ferdinand Ludwig explores architectural concepts in which plants play a central role and applies this botanical-constructive approach in a design office across architectural, urban planning, and landscape architecture levels.